Changing
Aracely's world... Aracely Melgar was six
years old when HTC brought her to Toledo so that her heart defect could be
treated... read the story

Changing
the world for Dural... Dural Nasario, age 6, came
to us from Guyana with a clubfoot. His “before” pictures cause one to wonder
how... read the story

Changing
Juan's world… From time to time
Helen Salan, Healing the Children’s executive director, sends the HTC board
members a ... read the story

Changing
Katty’s world… Everyone said yesIt happens fairly often to almost
everybody—a situation where everything has to work perfectly in order for...
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The Story of Mamou, a Work in ProgressHere is
a very special story-the story of one remarkable–no, magnificent–little girl. Read it and know everything about what HTC
is, does, and means. These are the...
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Changing
Shiyu's World...All Healing the Children
stories are touching, we think, because they’re about hope and healing.
But
sometimes we find a child who has endured so much that “touching” is too
mild...read the story.

Changing
Rafael's World...Little
Rafael Morales, age two, came from the Dominican Republic for
surgery on his enlarged tongue. Because of that condition it was difficult
for him to eat....read the story

Changing
Julissa's World...Most children who
suffer from a heart defect called total anomalous pulmonary venous return,
as Julissa Osorio did, do not survive long enough to have surgery. But
somehow....read the story

Changing
Kat's World...If you
are a follower of HTC and its adventures, you won’t be
surprised to learn that the story
of Katerina Sharon Ramirez’s healing began
with a moment of sorrow...read the story

Changing
Rashida's World...
Rashida Bridgewater of St. Kitts was 12 when she came to Michigan. She had
hurt herself playing netball and needed corrective surgery on her left hip...read the story

Changing
Julio's World...Here’s a long
name for a tiny person: Julio Alberto Tineo Pena. When Julio came from his home in the Dominican Republic he was 20 months old and
looked younger...read the story

Changing
Jose's World...
Jose Perez, age 5, came to us from the Dominican Republic. He suffered from
a serious heart defect and was very sick when he arrived. His cardiologist
was Dr. Kim Lee, and ...read the story

Changing
Javisha's World...Isn’t it
wonderful when things get off to a good start? That’s how it happened for Javisha
Carey, of St. Kitts, and the Rivera family, Steve and Michelle and their
children...read the story

Changing
Sarah's World...Bladder
exstrophy is one of the most burdensome conditions one could imagine for a
child, and a family. When the bladder is outside instead of inside the body,
the problem...read the story

Changing
Duy's World...In the beginning,
nothing was in his favor. He was too old for us (18). He was in a country
where we have no liaison (Vietnam). He was an unlikely visa candidate...read the story

Changing
Julio Cesar's World...Julio Cesar
came to Kalmazoo from the Dominican Republic for surgery on his burn scar
contractures. His surgeion was Dr. Michael Nave....read the story

Changing
Assouma's World...Assouma Koumare of
Mali was only 5 years old when HTC brought her to Michigan
and changed
her world.
Physical healing often brings a child spiritual healing...read the story

Changing
Wandy's World...Wandy
Contreros received remarkable gifts of love and patience during her stay
with us. She traveled to Detroit from the Dominican Republic for treatment
of her serious ...read the story

Valeria
the Miracle Baby...Valeria Macias
Silva came to us one late night in July. When they handed her to me, I was
extremely overwhelmed. Here was a 13-month-old baby, weighing only ten
pounds...read the story

Healing for Lesman...Cara
Burke, of Springboro, Ohio, is an HTC veteran at age 17. Her
mom Lisa is an HTC
coordinator in the Cincinnati area where, in addition to
coordinating, the family...read the story

Changing Yeffre's World...Yeffre Ovando,
age three, came from Honduras hoping that soon he would be able
to walk.
Yeffre’s problem was a difficult one: he had been born without shinbones...read the story

Devendra with the
Beautiful Eyes...
Devendra Ghamson, from Guyana, was born with bladder exstrophy—his bladder
was outside his body. You can imagine his misery, or try to. He came to
Michigan for help ...
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Changing
Ariana's world... Beautiful Ariana Zongo was only 5 months old
when she came to us, all the way from the African nation of Burkina Faso,
and won the hearts of everyone she met...
read the story

Changing
Caroline and Esmeralda's world...
Caroline and
Esmeralda Leger are beautiful identical twins, two-thirds of a set of
triplets whose
third member is their brother Eduardo. They are natives of
the DR... read the story

Changing
Priya's world...
When you see
the “before” pictures of her severely clubbed feet you can’t believe Priya
Permaul, age 14, of Guyana, was able to walk, but she was. She walked
slowly and...
read
the story

Changing
Freddy's world...
Fredy Cuatro, age 7, of El Salvador, came to us with an ailing heart.
He suffered from tetralogy of fallot, a defect that had to be corrected in
order for him to live a normal life... read the story

Changing
Andrea's world... She was
just a baby—a tiny baby--when her parents put her in the arms of an
escort and waved goodbye as her plane took off for the US. Andrea
Gil Torres was three...
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Changing
Evelyn's world... Evelyn Quinonez,
of Guatemala, was two-and-a-half when Healing the Children brought her to
Michigan, but she looked like a one-year-old. Her medical condition had
slowed...read the story

Changing
Ronald's world... Ronald Ramos, also age
seven, also came to Healing the Children from El Salvador, and also suffered
from... read the story

From Iraq, with
love...We’ve brought five
children from Iraq to Michigan and Ohio for medical treatment.
Think about it.
If that short sentence balloons into a mass of phone calls
and faxes and... read their stories